REGION: Coast Guard responds to vessel in trouble off Assateague; two are missing

PORTSMOUTH - The Coast Guard is responding to a distressed fishing vessel approximately 15 miles east of Assateague Island, Md., Wednesday.

One man located on a life raft has been rescued by an aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, and two other men are reported missing.

Coast Guard Fifth District watchstanders initially received an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert from the 67-foot fishing vessel Seafarer at 10:39 a.m.The watchstanders contacted the vessel's owner, who believed that the ...